R is a very impatient person and knowing him personally, this habit of his, has enlightened me with the limits of a person's inability to cope with long waits and the degree of it. Having to wait for nearly an hour at the Desntist finally R manged to see the doctor. Natuarally he was very dissatisfied and fired off straight at the doctor:
"I want you to clean my teeth"
A visibly shocked doctor - ".. you mean brush them for you?!"
"Err... " Stammered R taken aback by the unexpectedness of this reply... "... No I mean... Clean them... like "
"Now wait a minute.... That is what I asked isn't it?"
"Noooo... " screamed R desperately trying to find out what he wanted to say ...
Silence.
"I want my teeth lo look very clean without the stains... like the people who do to the dentists and get their teeth cleaned" ... blurted out R, relieved to have made all the effort.
The Doctor looked all the more confused, having offered what he knew to be the best solution. He sat there behind the desk doing nothing.
It was then as if like a divine awekening it dawned upon R that he was not using the clinical term for the request...
"I want my teeth to be scaled..."
"Ah! you could have said so, earlier..."
